I am struggling this morning with an ice cream cake! A friend asked if I could make one and I said sure, I don't have time to run to town to get supplies so over the phone told her what she needed based on what they wanted. I always buy Breyers or Edys--also make my own ice cream. She brought generic and I could tell when I took the box I was going to have problems. It is so soft and melts as soon as room tempurature air hits it. I put it in the deep freeze and it has been there 36 hours so far and it is still runny! It is due tonight at 5:30 and it is still sitting in the freezer--I have to frost the thing and decorate yet. I don't know what to do with it I know I will not be able to have it out long so right now I am thinking edible image. Any other ideas besides starting over? Thanks

Can you just buy your usual brand and let her know hers won't work?

How did it turn out in the end?

It was a mess. I only had about 6 hours to remake another one and they wanted the brand and flavor of ice cream they had chosen--no others. I had to run to town 1/2 hour away and back. The original one continued to slide 3 hours after it was in the deep freeze and even after 7 more hours of freezing it was still to soft. The remake was done in a aluminum 9" x 13" pan and it was soft but they said it tasted great. I got a call the next morning and it was still really soft--they said they would not want that brand in an ice cream cake again.

It was a brownie base, birthday cake flavored ice cream, hot fudge sauce and butterfinger mix in's between the layers of ice cream. Topping it off was whipped cream.

No pics of it--too ashamed to show it.